Variety: 100% Dornfelder (Dornfelder is a dark-skinned variety of grape of German origin used for red wine.It was created by August Herold at the grape breeding institute in Weinsberg in the Württemberg region in 1955. Herold crossed the grape varieties Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe, the latter which bears his name, to create Dornfelder. Helfensteiner (Frühburgunder × Trollinger) and Heroldrebe (Blauer Portugieser × Lemberger [Blaufränkisch]) were both crosses created some decades earlier by Herold.
Country of origin: Czech Republic
Wine appellation: Moravia, Velké Pavlovice sub-appellation, Moravský Žižkov village, Slovenské vineyard
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol content: 12.é.0%
Residual sugar: 2.2. g/l
Acidity: 4.6 g/l
Color: darknruby red with violet meniscus
Bouquet: green pepper character of unripe grapes, hint of blackberries (not the forest one, rather the garden variety),
Taste: light to medium body, sour cherries, higher acidity and unripe sour cherries, unsettled tannins, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: BBQ, easy drinking juice
Overall score: 79
Price: CZK 287
Stopper: cork
I do not like unripe and green tones in the wines and this is na striking example of these. although by the variety it should be more fruity it is still quite harh ans unsettled.
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